Contract Compliance

Unallowable Costs

OCAST contracts do not allow for the payment of indirect costs; all costs charged to an OCAST contract must be directly related to the research. A non-exhaustive list of unallowable costs can be downloaded by clicking this link.

Post Award Information

If your research project has been awarded funding through an OCAST program, you will receive an award letter, the approved annual budgets, and a few other documents, depending on the program, that need to be signed and returned to OCAST before the first-year contract can be executed. These documents are as follows:

Program

Documents

Oklahoma Health Research

Verification of Eligibility

Oklahoma Plant Science Research - Basic

Verification of Eligibility

Oklahoma Plant Science Research - Applied

Documentation Status Report

Collaborating Organizations Statement

Oklahoma Applied Research Support

Documentation Status Report

Collaborating Organizations Statement

R&D Intern Partnership

Documentation Status Report

Collaborating Organizations Statement

Oklahoma Nanotechnology Applications Project

Documentation Status Report

Collaborating Organizations Statement

Contract Compliance Audits

It is OCAST policy to perform audits of contracts executed by the agency for all funded programs. Audits are conducted following the federal guidelines of generally accepted Government Auditing Standards.

The purpose of the audit process is to demonstrate good stewardship of taxpayer dollars, to ensure the appropriate use of contract funds.